{"id":1778,"date":"2011-12-07T19:02:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T19:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2011-12-07T19:14:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T19:14:16","slug":"church-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2011\/12\/church-mice.html","title":{"rendered":"Church Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Joke<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>Three pastors met and were talking over conditions at their churches. The<br \/>\nfirst pastor said, &#8220;You know, since summer started, I&#8217;ve been having<br \/>\ntrouble with mice in my church. I&#8217;ve tried everything &#8211; noise, cats, spray<br \/>\n&#8211; nothing seems to scare them away.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe second pastor said, &#8220;Yeah, my church too. There are hundreds of them<br \/>\nliving in the church basement. I&#8217;ve set traps and even called in an expert<br \/>\nexterminator. Nothing has worked so far.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe third pastor said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve had the same problem. So I baptized all mine<br \/>\nand made them members of the church. 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